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Friday, 22 May 2026
13 facts about tears
13 facts about tears
Multipurpose liquid
Associated with emotions, tears are a product of lacrimal glands, found in the eyes of most terrestrial vertebrates. Although their primary function i ...

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Ganymede
The Moon is the only one in the Solar System that has a dipole magnetic field capable of creating a magnetosphere.
Liver
Liver produces bile.
It allows to digest fats and proteins. It is also essential to regulating blood glucose.
Moon
The Moon's magnetic field is over 100 times weaker than the Earth's and ranges from 1 to 100 nanotesla.
It is not dipolar, so it is assumed that its source is not the nucleus but the crust.
Earth
The length of the day on Earth is constantly increasing.
In the first million years of the Earth's existence, the day lasted only four hours. From the very b ...
Milky Way
Our galaxy is surrounded by a spherical halo that extends as much as 200.000 light-years from its center.
The halo consists of old stars and globular clusters, and 90 percent of the material it contains is located within a radius of 100.000 light years from the center of the Milky Way.
Anorexia Nervosa
It is not yet known exactly which genes are responsible for the onset of mental anorexia nervosa.
However, it has been found that the disorder is highly heritable. Studies of twins have shown that t ...
Mushrooms
The fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis is able to take control of ants.
Fungi of the genus Cordyceps are parasitic fungi, living on animals - on insect larvae or spiders - ...
Cosmos
Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System.
This gas giant is made up of 90 percent hydrogen and about 10 helium. The diameter of Jupiter is 139 ...
Silver
Silver compounds are used to silver mirrors and to produce explosives (e.g. silver acetylides).
They are also used in analytical chemistry, e.g. to detect aldehydes (Tollens test).
Brain
Brain cells are produced throughout life.
Until the publication of research on neurogenesis in 2018, it was assumed that the process of creating neurons ends in childhood.